Imperfect

El Imperfecto

The imperfect tense is used to talk about things that someone used to do, what things were like, and how things used to be

Use soler + infinitive to say what someone usually did in the past

Ar verb conjugations

​-aba	​-ábamos
​-abas	​-abáis
​-aba	​-aban

er/ir verb conjugations

-ía	-íamos
​-ías	​-íais
​-ía	-ían

generalmente- generally

frecuentemente- frequently

por un rato- for a while

todo el tiempo- all the time

muchas veces- a lot of the time, many times

a menudo- often

a veces- sometimes

cada día, mes...etc -every day/month etc

de vez en cuando- from time to time

siempre- always

Indicators of the imperfect

The imperfect tense is used to talk about things that someone used to do, what things were like, and how things used to be
Like the present and preterite tenses, there are verbs with irregular conjugations.

The most common irregular verbs are ir, ser and ver

Ir

Ser

Irregulars

ver

era​	​éramos
​eras	​erais
​era	​eran

iba	​íbamos
​ibas	​ibais
​iba	​iban

veía	​veíamos
​veías	​veíais
​veía	​veían

Multiple Choice

The imperfect tense is used to express actions that occurred

• yesterday

• last night

• repeatedly last year

• this morning

Multiple Choice

The ending for -ar verbs are

• aba, abas, aba, abamos, aban

• aba, abais, aba, abamos, abaron

• ía, ías, ía, iamos, ian

• aba, abas, aba, ábamos, aban

Multiple Choice

The new ending for er and ir verbs are

• ia, ias, ia, iamos, ian

• aba, abais, aban, ian, ia

• ía, ías, ía, íamos, ían

• aba, abas, aba, abamos, aban

Multiple Choice

There are only _____ irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 2

Multiple Select

What are the irregular verbs? Select all that apply

• Ir

• Ver

• Ser

• Dar

• Estar

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Carlos

en California durante su niñez. (vivir)

Fill in the Blanks

Ellas

inseparables en la primaria pero ahora no se hablan. (ser)

Fill in the Blanks

Karina

con tener un carro convertible de Barbie. (soñar)

Fill in the Blanks

Yo

mucho con mi hermana. (pelear)

Fill in the Blanks

Ellos

a la escuela primaria Roosevelt. (asistir)

Fill in the Blanks

Miguel

a la escuela cada día. (ir)

Fill in the Blanks

Yo

mucho con mi hermana. (pelear)

Fill in the Blanks

Carlos y yo

al personaje de Jason. (temer)

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